浙江温州市第二中学2023-2024学年上学期九年级第一次月考英语检测卷

2023学年浙温州第二中学第一次单元综合联系英语检测卷

笔试部分(共95分)

一、完形填空 (本题有15小题,每小题1分, 共15分)

Lily’s disappointment (失望) was surely clear. She woke up on Christmas morning and ran down to see the gifts under the tree with her___16___.

In the living room sat a nice mini red bike. For a short moment, Lily was filled with great___17___. She couldn’t imagine___18___better than getting that bike. Then, her eyes caught sight of a baby doll (洋娃娃) sitting on the sofa.

She knew that the mini bike was for her brother___19___that doll would be he Christmas gift. It was always like this. Tommy always got cool things: skateboards, science kits. Lily always got the boring gifts: a set of toy cooking kits, a pair of fairy lady’s wings. They were___20___for other girls, but she didn't like them at all. To Lily, this doll seemed boring again.

Actually, both Lily and Tommy___21___that mini-bike in the front window of Moore’s Bike Shop. Tommy asked for the bike and said it was the only thing he wanted___22___Christmas. Although Lily had the same thought, finally she___23___ to say it out. She was a___24___girl, even in front of her family.

Tommy’s eyes grew wide at the sight of the bike. He knew it was___25___. He ran into his parents’ room and jumped excitedly on the bed.

At the same time Lily walked into the other room___26___. She was disappointed and a bit angry.

“What’s wrong, Lily?” Dad came in and asked gently. “Did you see your pretty doll?”“I saw it, she said unhappily.

“What’s wrong, honey? You can’t___27___how long your father waited in line to buy that doll! The shop___28 ___full of people,” Mom said.

Silence. Lily stood still. Her face was pale. This time Lily made a___29___. She wouldn’t keep silent anymore and she needed to___30 ___what she really thought. Then, she made a deep breath, walked straightly to her parents.

( ) 16. A. sister   B. brother  C. father   D.mother

( )17. A. pride   B.sadness   C.excitement  D. confidence

( ) 18. A. something  B.anything  C.everything  D.nothing

( )19.A.or    B. until   C.and   D.although

( )20.A. boring   B.common  C.amazing  D.expensive

( )21.A.saw    B. broke   C.bought   D. realised

( )22. A. of    B.to    C. for   D. with

( ) 23. A. tried   B. failed   C.managed  D. forgot

( ) 24. A. shy   B. kind   C.hardworking D.creative

( ) 25 A. hers   B.his   C.mine   D. theirs

( ) 26. A. silently  B. proudly  C. successfully D.hopefully

( ) 27. A. ask   B.say   C.count   D.imagine

( )28.A. never   B. hardly   C.always   D.sometimes

( ) 29. A. face   B. decision  C. speech   D. mistake

( ) 30. A. care about  B. speak out  C. write down  D. search for

二、阅读理解 (共 15小题，第 31-33 小题，每小题1分;第 34-44 小题，每小题 2分;第 45小题5分, 共计 30 分)

A

( )31. How much does it cost to stay in a room with one single bed for two nights?

A.$35.    B.$50    C.$70.    D.$100

( )32. What facilities can you find in the rooms of Sunshine Hotel?

A. Spa pool.   B. Free Wifi.   C. Free magazines.  D. Coffee maker

( )33. Which of the following statements about the hotel is true?

A. The Museum of Art is near Sunshine Hotel.

B.Parking in Sunshine Hotel costs $10 every hour.

C.Sunshine Hotel offers breakfast for all types of rooms.

D. Guests cannot bring pets into their rooms at Sunshine Hotel.

B

Deep in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, there lives one of the world’s most mysterious tribes (神秘部落). Around 700 Pirahã people speak their own language, Pirahã. Pirahã is unusual in many ways. It has, for example no words for exact numbers. When talking about the amount (数量) of something, people use three words: hόi, “a small size or amount” hoí, “a larger size or amount,”

and baágiso,“a bunch.”

So how do the Pirahã count? How do they ask for two of something instead of just one? Over the ten years, many researchers have tried to answer these questions. One of them is Caleb Everett who travelled to the Pirahã villages a few years ago to run some simple experiments. For one test, Everett placed three batteries (电池) of the same color on a table. He then asked the Pirahã to make a second line just like the first one. For another, Everett showed three batteries with different colors, and then hid them. Again, he asked for a second line just like the first one. In both tests, no mistakes were made when there were no more than three batteries. However, if the number of the batteries was above that, the Pirahã found it hard to make a second line. English speakers often find such tasks easy, except when there are too many batteries, or when the batteries are shown quickly and then hidden. The Pirahã, however, don’t count at all. In their culture, exact counting is never valued. Some researchers tried to teach the Pirahã number words but they made little progress. The Pirahã were not interested at all.

In our data-driven culture, living without numbers is unthinkable. But while we are busy dealing with different data in our daily life, the Pirahã are also living a happy life.

( )34. Which word can the Pirahã use to show a small amount of something?

A.hόi   B.hoí   C. Baágiso   D.Bunch

( )35. In which test did the Pirahã find it hard to make a second line?

( )36.Why was there little success in teaching Pirahã number words?

A. They were too poor at understanding English

B. They found it really difficult to learn these words.

C.They showed no interest in learning number words

D. They couldn’t communicate with people from other countries

( )37. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. The Pirahã: Living Without Numbers

B. The Pirahã: Learning How to Count

C. The Pirahã: A Searcher for a Happy Life

D. The Pirahã: A Keeper of an Old Language

C

When considering the kind of experience that makes life better, most people first think that happiness depends on experiencing the simple pleasure in our daily life: tasting delicious food, sitting in front of the television, or getting a birthday gift.

Pleasure is an important part of our life, but it doesn’t bring real happiness by itself. When people think further about what makes a meaningful life, they won’t just think of pleasant memories, but begin to remember other events, other experiences that mainly belong to a group with an exact name: enjoyment.

Enjoyment always comes together with a sense of achievement (成就). Playing tennis games that improves one’s ability is enjoyable. Having a conversation that leads us to come up with new ideas is also enjoyable. None of these experiences may bring pleasure immediately when they are taking place, but when we think back on them later, we would say “That was really fun.” and wish they would happen again. After an enjoyable event, we know that we have changed, and grown.

Experiences that give pleasure can also give enjoyment, but the two feelings are quite different. For example, everybody takes pleasure in eating. However, to enjoy food is more difficult—you have to pay enough attention to a meal in order to sense and tell its various tastes. As this example suggests, we can experience pleasure without any psychic energy. A person can feel pleasure without any effort, as long as certain parts in his brain are stimulated (刺激). But it’s impossible to enjoy a tennis game or a book without full attention. It’s for this reason that pleasure does not last long, and hardly makes us grow. Growth requires full attention to goals (目标) that are new and challenging.

Without enjoyment, life will go on, and it can even be pleasant. But it depends heavily on luck and external environment. To lead a life with real happiness, however, we need to learn how to build enjoyment into what happens day in, day out.

( )38. You will most probably experience enjoyment when you________.

1. have a delicious meal      B. watch an interesting TV show
2. receive a birthday gift      D. discuss with friends for new ideas

( )39. What do you know about pleasure and enjoyment from the passage?

A Enjoyment is just the same as pleasure.

B. Enjoyment experiences usually have no pleasure.

C.Pleasure experiences always come with enjoyment.

D. Some experiences offer both pleasure and enjoyment.

( )40. The underlined phrase “psychic energy” in Paragraph 4 is the closest in meaning to_____.

A. attention   B.interest   C. ability  D knowledge

( )41. The writer probably agrees that___________.

A. the sense of pleasure is a long-lasting feeling

B. feeling enjoyment comes with achieving growth

C. pleasure is the key to a happy and meaningful life

D.enjoyment mainly depends on luck and environment

D

When Candace walked into Penguin (企鹅) Research Lab of the space station, Dejario had an Emperor penguin in his hands. The Emperor penguins could live in extreme cold weather.

“What are you doing?” Candace asked.

“I’m talking to them,”answered Dejario.

Candace shook her head. “You’re trying to be a penguin whisperer (轻声耳语者) again. What a big waste of our research time. Grow up, Dejario, Penguins aren’t our pets. They’re just lab animals now.”

“The penguins listen to met” Dejario insisted.

Suddenly, the space station shuddered and the door of the lab shut automatically. Candace and Dejario were locked in the lab!

“Help! Help!” Candace shouted, but it was silent outside.

It was always cold in the lab, but now it was even colder. “The temperature is dropping about a degree a minute! At that rate, the water will become ice soon. Maybe in a few hours, we’ll die.” Candace had lived on the space station long enough to know that the possibility of dying was real.

Candace shook Dejario. “We can’t just give up. Dejario! Can’t you think of any ideas? How do the penguins live in extreme cold weather?”

“They huddle(缩成一团).”

“Just huddle? That’s all?”

“Well, the whole group of penguins get together. That way the penguins in the middle keep warm.”

“Then the ones on the edge (边缘) just die?”asked Candace.

“Oh, no! They move in toward the center, then move back out to the edge, then move in again. In this way, the whole group of penguins could keep evenly warm. This is called colloidal jamming. “

Candace shivered. “Could we join their colloidal jamming until we get help?”

“Maybe. But penguins don’t like people around them.”

“No problem,” Candace said.“You’re the Penguin Whisperer. Whispering to your penguins to let us huddle with them is the only way we’ll get out of this...alive.”

Together they moved to the edge of the group of penguins. A penguin nipped Dejario’s jacket, but he wasn’t afraid. ______▲_____ Slowly the penguins seemed to know him and allow him into their huddle.

Candace wasn’t so lucky. An especially large penguin bit her hard. Though feeling painful, Candace didn’t make a sound. Finally she and Dejario were carried on a kind of wave to the warm center of penguins.

They’d gone through the waddle four times when people finally found them and saved them. “It was -68°C here! We thought for sure you’d be dead!” someone said.

Candace looked at Dejario and said, “What’s the w-worry? The Penguin Whisperer and I were just doing the colloidal penguin jam.”

( )42. Dejario and Candace stayed on the space station to__________.

A.be penguin whisperers       B. raise the animals as pets

C.do research on penguins      D. live through the cold weather

( )43. In the accident, Dejario and Candace would probably die because____________

1. there was little food and clean water   

B. the group of penguins would hurt them

C. the air temperature in the lab was too low

D. they had to stay on the edge of the space station

( )44. Which of the following sentences can be put in ______▲_____ ?

A. He thought for a moment silently  B.He whispered to the penguins calmly

C.He asked Candace to come to help.  D. He felt warm in the center of the penguins

45.What saved Dejario and Candace in the accident?(请用约 40 词回答)

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四、词汇运用 (共15 小题，每小题1分,共计15分)

1. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

46. Skating is quite a popular sport___________the young people.
47. On his____________birthday, Jerry got a model spaceship from his father.
48. We can’t always depend on parents but need to learn to protect___________.

49.My mobile phone____________so loudly that it woke me up in the middle of the night.

50.Norman Bethune was a________doctor, but he came to China to save Chinese people’s lives.

B.根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

You may think gymnastics is a sport for people who are in their twenties. But there is one sportswoman who breaks the unwritten (51)____________(规则) of the sport: Oksana Chusovitina. When she took part in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. (52)___________(百万) of people cheered for her.

 Chusovitina’s Olympic journey began in 1992. She won plenty of medals, (53)___________(包括) two gold medals. However, in 2002, Chusovitina’s two-year-old son Alisher was seriously ill and she could hardly fall asleep at (54)___________(午夜). This was the most difficult moment in my life, because I was (55)___________(不能做某事的)to help my sick boy,” she said. To find good doctors (56)___________(治疗) him, Chusovitina and her family left her motherland Uzbekistan and moved to Germany. In the following years, she fought for Germany in the Olympic Games.

In 2008, Chusovitina won a (57)___________(银质的) medal at the Olympics in Beijing. But more importantly, she received the “most joyful news for a mother.” Her child Alisher was completely healthy. After that, Chusovitina finally came back to her motherland—Uzbekistan and (58)___________(参加; 出席) the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

Chusovitina is (59)___________(几乎) 50 years old now. However, she still (60)___________(继续) her gymnastics journey. “I love gymnastics. And when you do your job with joy, it brings you great joy,” she said.

五、语法填空(共10小题，每小题 1分，共计10 分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Have you ever read The Diary of a Wimpy Kid? It may be (61)___________(famous) diary in the world. It tells the story of Greg Heffley, a middle school student. Greg gets (62)___________diary book from his mother. In it, he records (63)___________ he does in his everyday life at school.

The writer of the Wimpy Kid books is Jeff Kinney from the US. He (64)___________(finish) twelve Wimpy Kid books since 2007. To write a book, Kinney first found 350 jokes, and then developed them into a story. He also drew the cartoons on (65)___________(he) own.

After years of designing characters and creating jokes (66)___________(careful), Kinney sold the manuscript(手稿) that became the Wimpy Kid series in 2006.

One reason kids love Kinney’s books is the main character, Greg Heffley. Greg is smart but naughty(淘气). He has many creative ideas, but he (67)___________(cause) trouble all the time,               (68)___________the books don’t teach you what you should do, they inspire (启迪) you with funny jokes. “I made mistakes. I wasn’t that smart. I wasn’t that brave,” Kinney thought of his (69)_________(disadvantage) in his middle school years. “Greg is just like me, he said. “Through reading the book, I hope children can learn (70)___________Greg’s mistakes.”

六、任务型阅读(共 5小题，每小题 1分，共计 5 分)

阅读下列短文，在空白处填入与短文内容相符的信息，完成阅读摘记。每空一词。

Welcome to the National Museum of China (NMC)!

The NMC is the palace of history and art presenting China’s excellent culture. It first opened to the public in 1926. We offer plenty of wonderful exhibitions with all kinds of themes to the public on different floors.

●Ancient China

On the B1 Floor, you will find Ancient China, one of the most popular exhibitions of the museum. You can learn about the Chinese history from prehistoric times to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

●Stand in the East

It’s an exhibition of classic fine art works. The museum carefully chooses some excellent paintings for this exhibition to show how the New China was founded and how people fought to build the country.

●Ancient Chinese Food Culture

Food is not only the need for people’s life, but one of the symbols of social development. If you want to know how people started to use fire for cooking and how people make tea, this is the right place for you.

●The Power of Science and Technology

China has made great progress in science and technology. On the fourth floor, you can see all kinds of inventions in our life, like the ship, the plane and so on. You can even find out how people travel to the moon. The museum opens to the public from Tuesday to Sunday and closes on Monday. Its’ opening hours are from 9:00 to 17:30. Please book your free tickets online. For more information, please call 010-65116400.

七、书面表达 (共1小题，共计 20 分)

76. 你校举办“畅读英语小说，绘制风情明信片”活动，现征集优秀明信片，汇成合集。假如你是李华，请你从英语小说选择明信片设计两个方面介绍你们小组已完成的作品，在征集会上分享，争取入选明信片优秀作品集。

参考词汇: the front/back of the postcard 明信片正/反面

要求: 1.词数约 110 词; 开头已给出，不计入总词数

2.文章中不得出现真实的个人信息。

It’s my pleasure to share our postcard with you. We have chosen the novel_______________

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参考答案

完形填空:BCBCC  ACBAB  ADCBB

阅读理解: A篇:CBA      B篇:ADCA      C篇: DDAB  D篇:CCB

词汇填空: among; twelfth; ourselves; rang; Canadian

B: rules; millions; including; midnight; unable; to treat; silver; attended; nearly; continues;

语法填空: the most famous; a; what; has finished; his; carefully; caused; Though/Although; disadvantages; from;

任务型阅读: 1926; Sunday; inventions; Food; history